CHAPTER 41
The time for the trial had finally arrived. Jury selection was the first order of business. A pool of prospective jurors was brought into the courtroom for the jury selection process. Bobbie, as head of Jack’s defense team took charge of the back-and-forth questioning process, voir dire, in which each side struck various prospective jurors. Each side used their six “strikes” to eliminate people they thought would favor the other side. The DA struck several single men. The defense struck several moms with young children. Judge Thompson struck one woman for cause because she had worked on a campaign Jack had run and admitted knowing him.
Finally, a jury panel of twelve, with two alternates, was selected. The group was split evenly male and female. All of the women were married w
